Congratulations to the fifty emerging poets selected by Kyle Dargan for Best New Poets 2018. We’re incredibly excited about this list, and you should be, too.
Special congratulations are in order for Destiny Birdsong, Kristin Chang, and T.J. McLemore, whose respective Adroit poems “ode to my body”, “Conversion therapy”, and “Desert Triptych” were selected for inclusion in this year’s anthology.
We’re cheering (loudly) for all fifteen Adroit writers selected for Best New Poets 2018:
Destiny Birdsong
Previous Poetry Reader / Contributor
Ellie Black
Poetry Reader
Anders Carlson-Wee
Contributor
Kristin Chang
Contributor / Greg Djanikian Scholar in Poetry
Emily Rose Cole
Mentor
Patrick Errington
Contributor
Benjamin Gucciardi
Mentor
Kathryn Hargett
Mentorship Alum / Contributor
Peter LaBerge
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Michael Lee
Contributor
Elizabeth Lemieux
Mentorship Alum / Contributor
T.J. McLemore
Contributor
Olatunde Osinaike
Poetry Reader
William Palomo
Contributor
Meghann Plunkett
Poetry Reader / Contributor
Shakthi Shrima
Previous Poetry Reader
